Glass square bottle

Unknown

1st–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green; handle in same color. Rim folded out, down, round and in, forming a circular constricted mouth with a beveled upper surface; cylindrical but slightly convex neck with a horizontal tooled indent around the base; sloping shoulder with rounded corners; square body with flat sides slightly tapering downward; slightly concave bottom; flattened two-rib handle applied as a long pad to shoulder, drawn up vertically, then bent in and down, and attached to neck with upward trail. On bottom, pattern in relief from base mold, comprising four small V-shaped brackets at corners, two concentric circles and a central boss; on one side between circles a raised segment, possibly of blurred letters. Intact; many pinprick and some larger bubbles, handle streaked with black impurities, and one white glassy impurity in neck; thin patches of weathering and faint iridescence. Rectangular, with round neck and mouth.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881